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Marko Marković Brass Band : Mastika
MASCOM Records, 2019
Bouncy Tunes – Suitable for Nightclubs
Author: Garth Cartwright
Naslovnica albuma „Mastika” Marko Marković Brass Band-a
Growing up as the son of Serbia’s most famous Roma trumpet player has ensured that Marko Marković has had a huge shadow to emerge from. On Mastika he realises what might be his most confident effort yet. That said, his best work as a musician remains with his father on their 2003 album Boban i Marko (Piranha). On that album the duo (and their band) truly captured the eerie tensions and power so prevalent in brass music of the Western Balkans.
Mastika is more commercial and slick: opening tune „Ali Baba” references the pop dance Balkan Beats genre Germany’s DJ Shantel found so lucrative while „Serbian Funk” nods towards James Brown’s powerful brass arrangements.
This formula is followed throughout this 11 song album, the rhythms often following the straightforward 4/4 that Shantel (and Western pop/funk/dance artists) employ rather than the more traditional (and complex) patterns associated with Balkan brass. Lots of shouty vocals (often in English) too.
Admittedly, the band are tight and unlike some previous efforts, Marković pulls off the pop moves with a real degree of confidence.
Festival and nightclub audiences will enjoy Mastika’s bouncy tunes but Marković can do so much better. And he knows it.
Emisija je otvorena za sve muzičke događaje i ličnosti koje afirmišu izvorno muzičko stvaralaštvo. Ona okuplja istraživače, melografe, etnologe, etnomuzikologe i izvođače. Zaviruje u arhive i „muzejske eksponate”, oživljava legende, običaje, rituale – deo muzičke prošlosti koja i danas u tragovima živi u muzičkoj praksi pojedinih sredina. Prati promene varijanti izvornih pesama i njihovo putovanje kroz vreme. 
Emisija je posvećena world music sceni, novitetima, trendovima, festivalima i novim albumima. U etru je od 2000. godine, a na Trećem programu Radio Beograda se emituje od 7. oktobra 2015. Emisiju uređuje i vodi poznavalac svetske muzike i organizator više festivala Bojan Đorđević. 
Put svile, kao jedinstveno “radijsko putovanje”, do marta 2023. godine nedeljom je odvodilo slušaoce u neku od zemalja povezanih sa tradicionalnim Putem svile, uz aktuelna ostvarenja iz žanra “World music” i raritetne zapise tradicionalne muzike. Arhiva svih epizoda 
